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FireAid: Inside the Star-Studded Benefit Show For Los Angeles

Some of the biggest names in music, including Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, and Green Day, played FireAid at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome on Jan 30.

FireAid delivered afive-and-half-hourlove letter to Los Angeles on Thursday night, bringing together nearly 30 of the biggest superstars of the past fifty years for a much-needed musical catharsis following devastating, destructive wildfires in the city. Rod Stewart continued the dad pop-rock energy of Kia Forum as he opened the show at Intuit Dome, introduced by Samuel L. Jackson, who was joined by a Pasadena firefighter and his family, who lost their home. Later in the show, Quinta Brunson brought out an Altadena math teacher named Aurora who lost her home and her community saying she found a poignant message in the ruins that read, “I think I’ll just be happy today.”’

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